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To be honest I had no intention of watching this drama when it was first announced. So I had zero expectations when I decided to randomly pick it up since I had nothing else to watch. I didn't even read the synopsis and the only thing I knew was that it was a love story set in the 1970s. But then I got unexpectedly hooked and I couldn't stop myself from waiting everyday for the episodes to release.

I think what appealed to me the most was how realistic the story felt. You have regular people living simple lives. They don't have big, dramatic aspirations. They just want to live a happy life with their families and that convinces you to believe that this is real. Each character has dept, the side characters don't just exist for names sake. They have their own hurdles, their actions have reasons behind them and this applies to the antagonists as well. They aren't just plain evil without any motivations, and no matter how much you hate them you can still see where they might be coming from.

Now I'm not Chinese, and neither am I old enough to have known what China in the 1970s must have been like. But I think that they did a really good job at educating us about this era, while still making it entertaining and interesting for us to watch. The color grading and everything makes drama appear nostalgic and I think that helps so much with making us connect with the drama.

Chen Feiyu's performance in this was also just top-notch. I've only ever seen him in Lighter and Princess, which I unfortunately didn't like a lot, but he really made up for it in this. Fang Muyang's personality suits him so well and Feiyu just looks like he's in his element in this drama. Fang Muyang and Fei Ni are also asbolute adorable. They are the perfect example of pure love and just watching them makes you happy. Overall it's a drama that doesn't disappoint is definitely worth checking out.